Private 40080 Herbert DURRANCE

Private 40080 Herbert Durrance{gallery}Pte H Durrance{/gallery}1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 31st July 1917 aged 22

• Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 55
  
• Awarded 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Georgina Durrance [nee Jackson]
• Husband of Clara Durrance [nee Albrighton]. Married Apr Qtr 1917 at Nuneaton. Clara lived at 35 Abbey St, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Durrance
• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
• North Staffordshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Melton Mowbray
  
• Lived at 15 Pall Mall, Melton Mowbray [1901]
  
• Lived as a boarder at 22 Victoria Street, Melton Mowbray [1911]
• Employed as a general labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Leicester on 16 Apr 1913. Arrived in France 9 Sep 1914